David Hill reports for The Guardian: Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction – given just days to move archive Director of CEDIB in Cochabamba says they’re being punished for criticising natural resource exploitation and other government policies. One of Bolivia’s leading social and environmental organisations has been plunged into crisis after being told it must clear…
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Ultimate Bolivian gov’s international embarrassment!
Adam Shaw reports for Fox News: SECURITY COUNCIL Haley forces Bolivia to defend Assad ‘atrocities’ in ‘public view’ at UN session U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley forced Bolivia to “defend the atrocities of the Syrian regime” in “full public view” on Friday, after the country’s ambassador requested a closed session to discuss President…
Abortion bill makes unlikely alliance of Bolivian clergy, feminists
Catholic News Agency reports: Abortion bill makes unlikely alliance of Bolivian clergy, feminists Sucre, Bolivia, Mar 27, 2017 / 03:50 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A bill in Bolivia that would allow abortions only for certain groups of women is uniting unlikely groups in opposition to the policy – namely, Bolivian bishops and pro-choice feminists. Abortion is…
Growing up in a prison filled with drug lords: The brutal Bolivian jail where families live alongside their criminal relatives
Sarah Dean writes in Mailonline: Growing up in a prison filled with drug lords: The brutal Bolivian jail where families live alongside their criminal relatives San Pedro prison, the biggest in Bolivia’s main city, La Paz, holds around 3,000 dangerous inmates The prison has no guards inside and is run by criminals who pay for…
Despite Legal Protections, Violence Against Women is Spiking in Bolivia
Linda Farthing reports for World Politics Review: . . . . . . http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/20720/despite-legal-protections-violence-against-women-is-spiking-in-bolivia Article falls short, there is despicable violence from men to women across all social classes … I am particularly disappointed at the author’s neglect to mention the misogynist and macho remarks of the coca grower caudillo who functions as president of…
Bolivia’s transgender citizens celebrate new documents
Reuters reports n BBC: Bolivia’s transgender citizens celebrate new documents Bolivian transgender activists celebrated on Tuesday as they became the first to be issued with new IDs. Under a new law passed in May, transgender citizens can request having their name, gender and photo changed on official documents in order to reflect the gender they…
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